French President Emmanuel Macron announced the introduction of six months of “birth leave” (parental leave) for both parents during the press conference at the Elysée Palace earlier this year.
On the day that Insee, the national statistics institute, announced a sharp decline in the birth rate, the lowest since the post-war period (less than 700,000 babies born in 2023), Macron stressed that the birth rate is “also falling.” because “infertility among men and women is progressing and causing many men and women to suffer.” When he spoke of the “taboo of the century,” he also announced a “grand plan” against this “scourge.”
“After the extension of paternity leave – explained Macron during the press conference at the Elysée Palace – I am deeply convinced that the introduction of a new birth leave is a useful element in such a strategy to revive births,” Macron said, adding Given the increasing male and female infertility, “a comprehensive plan against this scourge is being put in place to rightly enable this demographic upgrade.”
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